frankness

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

FRANK'NESS, noun 1. Plainness of speech; candor; freedom in communication; openness; ingenuousness. He told me his opinions with frankness 2. Fairness; freedom from art or craft; as frankness of dealing. 3. Liberality; bounteousness. [Little used.]
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